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Ever since I first heard of man made global warming (MMGW) I thought it was lot of nonsense, used by governments as an excuse to impose new taxes such as air passender duty (APD). A coiuple of weeks ago I was catching up witha customer and old friend of mine over lunch and he said his daughter was trying to get into University of East Anglia to study MMGW, which I pooh-poohed as a lot of tuff and nonsense. Stephen, a normal rational human being, was quite convincing on the subject and made me think that maybe I was wrong. The science of MMGW has never been really openly discussed. As long ago as the late '90s Tony Blair said that the science had already been decided and that was an end of the matter. It would be really interesting to have an extended TV programme discussing the science in an open mannere, presented in a way that the layman could understand. and presenting both sides of the argument but the last organistaion you would trust to do that is the BBC. They have been MMGW propgandists ever since Blair told them the science had been decided.

Christopher Scopes

PS Apologies for posting as anonymous but I can't get the hang of this selcting profile!

I have it from the BBC Complaints Unit that BBC presenters do not need to make sure that their statements are objectively truthful. I was told by the BBC Complaints Unit that the test of what presenters can say is whether or not listeners/viewers would be misled by something they say. And who exactly makes that judgement? Well, the BBC, of course. On you go, presenters. say whatever you like. Actually, that's not quite correct. When a few Rangers supporters objected to something a BBC presenter had said the BBC made the presenter issue an apology.Even though what the reporter had said was true. So the moral of all this is that if the BBC dislikes you their presenters can say what they like but if the BBC likes you then presenters have to be very careful. Rangers FC, by the way, or many of their supporters at least, have close connections with the Orange Order. That tells you a lot about BBC Scotland.